Our ship docked in Peru in the Port of Callao, very close to the city of Lima. While a lot of my friends flew off to Cusco and Machu Pucchu, four of my friends and I got an airbnb in Lima and stayed there the whole time, and I don’t regret it. We were specifically in the cute little coastal town San Miguel, and it was really fun.
The first day, we went to a truffle making class at a chocolate museum. It was just us five and the instructor who was super nice. We got to take truffles with us. Afterwards, we walked around, found a cute lunch spot, ate some typical Peruvian food, then went to Kennedy Park where there were a bunch of stray cats. It was super fun. One just came and sat in my lap. That night, we went to the food store to get some snacks and food and I got the ingredients to make guacamole and then I made the best guacamole ever. It was SO GOOD.
We also paraglided in Miraflores. It was so much fun. My instructor was a guy named Eduardo. We introduced ourselves and he asked me how I was feeling. I told him I was nervous and he said “me too.” So that was comforting. Haha. He didn’t really tell me what was happening or any information, we just put on the harness and he got the kite in the air and then we were off. It was crazy and so so cool. We were in the air for around 10 or 15 minutes. We talked for most of the time and he was a really interesting guy.
Another day, we went surfing. It was such an amazing experience. I thought I was going to be really bad at it because I was bad at the on land portion of the lesson, but once I got in the water it was so much easier. I got to stand on the board on a wave a few times! I really enjoyed it and I’m hoping to do it more in Costa Rica.
We also spent a day just walking around the downtown area, shopping, talking to locals, etc. I got a lot of souvenirs. Everything here is made out of alpaca fur and it’s SO SOFT!!
Thanksgiving was while we were in Peru, and we had plans to cook, but after coming to terms with the fact none of us were good at cooking and our airbnb’s kitchen was not well furnished, we decided just to order a pizza. We also got a cookie pizza and it was delicious. Best thanksgiving meal ever! (just kidding)
I’m happy because from now on we’re just in Spanish speaking countries. In Peru I got to speak a little bit of Spanish and it was fun. I also bought a book in Spanish so we’ll see if I’m able to read that. Hopefully I will but who knows.
I’m writing this blog a bit late so we just docked in Ecuador. We aren’t allowed to get off the ship until tomorrow.
Until next time,
Rebekah Joya
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